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| Vive Le Vive! | |
| Number | 2801 |
| Broadcast Date | JULY 5, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 38:11 |
| Hosts | Patrick Beja |
| Guests | Erin Carson |
CNET’s Erin Carson joins Patrick Beja with hands-on reviews of HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR headsets. Which of the three fits and works the best?
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Top Stories
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Discussion
VR headsets
- What are they like?
- Advising potential buyers.
- For the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive (and PS VR):
- Screen quality?
- Comfortable to wear?
- Cable management while using?
- Unique features?
- Games and software libraries?
- Future prospects?
- Overall opinion: does one stand out?
Pick of the Day
- Scotch tape (frosted variety)
- For covering your camera....Scotch tape (the frosted variety). Some newer laptop models use the camera to judge screen brightness, you want it to be able to gauge the light in a room, but protect privacy. I don't think you can beat the cost as scotch tape is readily available from almost anywhere.
- Submitted by Benjamin
Messages
- I'm catching up on last week's episodes. I was listening to Scott talking about his dentist and how VR would immediately help him vew scots virtual tooth. But I have to wonder, how?
To me, VR will hinder 3d modeling, not help it. When using a mouse or trackball, I can rest my arm on my desk. Really, I mostly use my fingers to move my mouse, giving me great precision. Maby I am misunderstand how VR controllers will work, but if I have to hold something out in space, that's not going to be very accurate. My heavy arm will be shaking all over the place. And I would get very tired very quickly.
VR would give me the option to walk around the object, but why would I want to? I'd rather be lazy and sit in my chair. :) It would also make it harder to collaborate. With a screen I could just say "hey Joe, look at this" and just point. With VR, how would I do that. Two VR headsets and a virtual pointer? Just seems more difficult and more expensive.
Don't get me wrong. VR will help certain industries. It would be great for architects giving virtual walk throughs. But for engineering and 3d modeling? I don't see where the benefit is. Am I missing something? - Sent by Josh Cawood
- I'm catching up on last week's episodes. I was listening to Scott talking about his dentist and how VR would immediately help him vew scots virtual tooth. But I have to wonder, how?
- You guys mentioned briefly that there was 1 fatality in however-many miles. You guys then mentioned the rate of fatality in human driven motor vehicles. I would advise caution when comparing the two figures.
The data set for automated vehicles is extremely limited, you basically only have one data point. The other data set is very well developed over several years with thousands of data points. The actual fatality rate for automated vehicles may be much larger or much smaller, we really just have to wait and see.
That being said, you guys had a great conversation and I really enjoyed hearing differing view-points about the long term feasibility of automated vehicles! - Sent by Paul
- You guys mentioned briefly that there was 1 fatality in however-many miles. You guys then mentioned the rate of fatality in human driven motor vehicles. I would advise caution when comparing the two figures.
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